Firebase Studio - Web Based IDE from Google

[Cromulent]

Firebase Studio

Firebase Studio is an entirely web-based workspace for full-stack application development, complete with the latest generative AI from Gemini, and full-fidelity app previews, powered by cloud emulators.

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I've just found this and I'm curious about it. It could save me quite a bit of money as I could cancel my Jetbrains subscription. Apparently you get 3 workspaces for free and even more if you join the Google Developer Program.

When I have a bit of free time I think I'll have a play with it. Has anyone else used it?

 

[nelbert]

Will be curious to hear your thoughts.

Any reason for going online only rather than using Visual Studio Code (free) or VS Codium ( No MS telemetry build ) instead of Jetbrains? Everywhere I've worked our choices have been IntelliJ, Eclipse, VS Code and over the years most people have ended up on VS Code out of their own choice.

Personally if I was going online only IDE I'd probably choose Github CodeSpaces. Googles habit of killing things or changing the terms/pricing with little notice or when they get bored and it's not making them money means they are rarely top of my list for options.

 

[Cromulent]

Will be curious to hear your thoughts.

Any reason for going online only rather than using Visual Studio Code (free) or VS Codium ( No MS telemetry build ) instead of Jetbrains? Everywhere I've worked our choices have been IntelliJ, Eclipse, VS Code and over the years most people have ended up on VS Code out of their own choice.

Personally if I was going online only IDE I'd probably choose Github CodeSpaces. Googles habit of killing things or changing the terms/pricing with little notice or when they get bored and it's not making them money means they are rarely top of my list for options.

I looked at this because I'm already in the Google ecosystem with Google Workspace and I want to use Google Cloud Platform as well in the future and if you sign up to Google Developer program you get some nice credits.

One of the advantages is that I have an Apple Silicon Mac so can't test x86_64 code. I'm guessing that Firebase Studio (and Github Codespaces) will be based on x86_64 giving me a chance to test code on a different hardware platform. I might be wrong though.